Chattanooga State College Sells Radio Station

Chattanooga State students say "No!" to the sale of the school's radio station.

WAWL "The Wall" has operated for more than 26 years and is the only area station playing local music in its regular rotation.

School officials say the almost $1,000,000 it would take to convert to digital just isn't in the budget...so, the school agreed to sell the station.

Proceeds from the sale will go toward the station's streaming web-version.

But students say most fans don't listen via the web and the station will lose its fan base.

WAWL Student Radio Personality Jason "Slim" Edens says, "They're losing the very last truly alternative station they've got. You know, people can tell us 'Yeah, we still have Internet.' But, you can't listen to your Internet in the car."

Edens says he doesn't buy the school's reasons for the sale.